Government

Four Republican candidates are on the ballot for positions at the county courthouse and all four are unopposed – Richard Crouch (county supervisor), Becky Dix Killpack (county treasurer), Lisa Tallman (county recorder) and Tricia McSorley (county attorney).

More than 300 people, including dignitaries from Iowa and Nebraska, attended the dedication ceremony for the opening of the U.S. Highway 34 - Missouri River Bridge Oct. 22 at the AgriVision complex near Pacific Junction.

The four-lane bridge links Interstate 29 in western Mills County with U.S. Highway 75 south of Offutt Air Force Base in Sarpy County, Neb.

Glenwood Mayor Kim Clark had some choice words for a member of the Glenwood Library Board of Trustees at last Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Glenwood City Council.

Speaking to trustee Michelle Wright, Clark said she will not be rushed into filling two vacant seats on the five-member library board, and she will select the two people she feels are the most qualified to serve. Clark made it known she was not pleased with an e-mail Wright had sent to fellow trustees Terri Craig and Margo Young concerning the manner in which the selection process was being carried out.

An upgrade in technology is coming to Glenwood City Hall.
The city council has given its approval to the installation of an “FM” assisted listening system and an audio visual system that can be utilized for guest presentations at council meetings and employee training sessions.

The FM system transmits audio signals to a receiver worn by the listener - typically a headset or neck loop. The system complies with Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, city administrator Brian Kissel said.

A collaboration between the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce’s marketing committee and the city’s public works department has brought some summer color to Town Square.
Twenty flower baskets, containing wave petunias, have been hanging from light poles around the square for about a month.

“It’s all part of the beautification of the square,” chamber spokesperson Mary Gunderson said.

The Glenwood City Council has given city administrator Brian Kissel the green light to finalize the details of an “Option 2” funding plan for a $4.7 million aquatic center on property adjacent to Glenwood Community High School.

In May, Glenwood residents failed to pass a bond issue for construction of the facility. The measure received the approval of 52 percent of voters, but 60 percent was needed for passage.

Repaving an 1,800 square-foot portion of First Street, between Locust and Hazel, will cost the city of Glenwood around $16,000.

That’s more than twice the amount the city would be paying if the same stretch of road were to be repaved with concrete, Glenwood Public Works Director Perry Cook said after an April 22 meeting of the Glenwood City Council.

The city of Glenwood and the Glenwood Community School District are still dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s on a 28-E (intergovernmental agency) agreement that would allow an outdoor aquatic center to be built on school district property.

If approved by residents of the city of Glenwood in a May 6 bond issue election, the $4.7 million facility would be built on a two-acre site adjacent to a new auxiliary gymnasium being constructed at Glenwood Community High School.